The Socialist Program with Brian Becker Monroe Doctrine 1823 To Trump Doctrine 2025 [Preview]
Dec 6, 2025
The discussion kicks off with Trump's incendiary comments against Somali Americans, coinciding with alarming ICE raids in major cities. Insights into the Somali community in Minnesota reveal their demographics and political struggles. Historical context includes a look at the 1992 U.S. invasion of Somalia and its lasting impact on refugees. Geostrategic motives behind American military actions are unpacked, leading into reflections on potential new U.S. military interventions in Venezuela, underscoring the ongoing consequences of U.S. foreign policy.
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War On Venezuela Echoes Past Lies
- Brian Becker links U.S. war plans against Venezuela to repeated historical lies used to justify past invasions.
- He warns working-class Americans and Venezuelans will bear the human and economic costs of such a war.
Mobilize Now To Stop War
- Organize and mobilize in the streets to stop potential U.S. war before it starts.
- Brian Becker urges working-class people to protest and sound the alarm against intervention in Venezuela.
The 'Trump Corollary' To Monroe Doctrine
- Brian Becker highlights Trump's 'Trump corollary' as a modern reworking of the Monroe Doctrine to justify intervention in Latin America.
- He frames this as continuity in U.S. hemispheric dominance policy rather than a new benign doctrine.
